All back country campsites in Glacier National Park have these things; tent plots, a water source, a pit toilet with surrounding structure, food storage area, food preparation area, fire ring with benches, and a place to tie up horses.
We were the first people to arrive at the campsite that day, so we surveyed the 4 tent pads, and picked the one closest to the toilet. The pads were located about 10 feet from the water source, which was a small stream about 10 feet across. Since we had only hiked 6.1 miles so far that day, we decided to set up camp and do a little day hiking. There were 3 trail spurs near the campsite, two of each we would explore on the following days, naturally we took the third one which led up to Gable Pass.
This trail is extremely steep, good thing only had day packs with us.
We hiked for about an hour, which we figured to be between 2 or 3 miles
since it was so steep. We found a clearing near the peak of the trail
and stopped to take some pictures, the view was pretty great.
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| View across the valley |
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| Slightly hazy from forest fires |
After the picture taking, we hiked down, which was alot easier than coming up. Once we got back to camp, the sun began to set. So we had some dinner and went to sleep for the night.
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| Day 1 Sunset |
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